HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 20 (acn) After a fateful tour of the east of the country with a win in its last six games, the monarch Pinar del Río returned to its domains to face today the leader Matanzas in the continuation of Cuban baseball championship.
At few days of its participation in the Caribbean Series, scheduled from February 2 to 8 in the Puerto Rican city of San Juan, the current Cuban champions are passing through a critical stage after suffering a costly sweep during its visit to the sub-leader Granma.
Alfonso Urquiola´s disciples fell to seventh seat with balance of 30 wins and 27 losses, at nine games of the Matanzas Crocodiles (39-18), who negotiated a positive balance of 2-1 in their recent foray into the Isle of Youth.
The latter appears fourth (31-26) and will receive at Cristobal Labra stadium the inspired squad of the Granma Alazanes (37-20), only one among the eight participating teams representing a serious threat to the leadership of Matanzas.
Industriales (32-25) will seek to exploit its home-club condition when facing Holguin (27-30) towards its consolidation in the third place, while Ciego de Ávila (30-27) shall visit Artemisa (30-27) in attractive match between two sides marching tied in the struggle for accessing to postseason.
After these subseries, the Cuban baseball championship will enter a recess until next February 13 to allow the participation in the Caribbean Series of Pinar del Río, current monarch, widely reinforced by members of the national team.
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